Nachal Haredi Rabbi Leads Memorial for 1929 Hebron Massacre

#Hebron #1929Massacre #slabodka The annual memorial for the 67 Jewish victims of the 1929 Hebron massacre was held at the ancient cemetery in Hebron. Students and staff of the Hebron Yeshiva, which since 1929 has been located in Jerusalem, recited kaddish at the graves of those murdered. Rabbi Yitzhak Bar Haim, an alumni of the Hebron yeshiva, led the prayers along with family members and yeshiva students. He commented that among the 24 students killed in the massacre were several American and Canadian immigrants. Rabbi Bar Haim is a co-founder of Nahal Haredi which helps support ultra-Orthodox Israelis in the Israel Defense Forces. On August 24, 1929 / 18th of Av 5689, mobs attacked the Jewish community and committed atrocities and murders, ransacking homes, businesses and synagogues. Unarmed men, women and children, Ashkenazic and Sephardic, young and old were attacked and killed. The British then rounded up the Jewish survivors and deported them. The prominent Slabodka yeshiva, which had relocated from Lithuania in the 1920s and pumped new energy and economy into the sleepy town of Hebron, raising the standard of living for all residents. After the massacre and deportation, Slabodka relocated to Jerusalem where it became known as the Hebron Yeshiva and is considered one of the largest and most high-level religious educational centers in the country. For more information see here: http://en.hebron.org.il/history/topic/3